# Botticelli, February 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 2, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337 "2014-02-02T06:47:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 12

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/221 "2014-02-15T23:38:33Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Did the A-rod people like help fix you up with your current bf?  
> IQ2: Were you apocryphally decapitated in a car accident?

Angelina Jolie? If not, DQ for you. No idea on 2; another DQ.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Do children set your head ablaze at a Fall festival?
> 2. Are you the Martian Manhunter?
> 3. Are you one of Sailor Moon’s cronies?

I’m not Jack O’Lantern, J’onn J’onzz, or Sailor Jupiter.

> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Are you the Facebook image for Pearl Magazine?

No idea; another DQ.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/222 "2014-02-15T23:49:25Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you voiced by Ukulele Ike?
2. Did you coin the work “quark”?
3. Were you a princess who was defenestrated, and whose body was eaten by stray dogs?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/223 "2014-02-15T23:52:47Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you voiced by Ukulele Ike?
> 2. Did you coin the work “quark”?
> 3. Were you a princess who was defenestrated, and whose body was eaten by stray dogs?

I think 1 is looking for Jiminy Cricket; if not, DQ for you. For 2, I’m not James Joyce. No idea for 3; take a DQ.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/224 "2014-02-16T00:03:55Z")

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IQ1: Were you a general in the armies of Texas, the US and the Confederacy?  
IQ2: Were you another Confederate general with the same surname, but unrelated to that person?  
IQ3: Were you a Confederate general whom a submarine was named for?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/225 "2014-02-16T00:06:18Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you voiced by Ukulele Ike?
> 2. Did you coin the work “quark”?
> 3. Were you a princess who was defenestrated, and whose body was eaten by stray dogs?

> [@Spoons](#):
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> I think 1 is looking for Jiminy Cricket; if not, DQ for you. For 2, I’m not James Joyce. No idea for 3; take a DQ.

Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is Jezebel as told in 1 & 2 Kings.  
DQ: Real?

IQs:

1. Are you a Hebrew king noted for your leaping ability?
2. Did you chase Pixie and Dixie?
3. Did you write _Pilgrim’s Progress_?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/226 "2014-02-16T00:10:43Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a general in the armies of Texas, the US and the Confederacy?  
> IQ2: Were you another Confederate general with the same surname, but unrelated to that person?  
> IQ3: Were you a Confederate general whom a submarine was named for?

I’m pretty sure that J.E.B Stuart is the answer to one of those, but I have no idea which one. Three DQs.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/227 "2014-02-16T00:11:31Z")

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DQ1: Real?  
DQ2: Male?  
DQ3: Living?

My IQ answers were:  
Jarah Mariano  
Jayne Mansfield  
Jessica Gomes

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/228 "2014-02-16T00:13:29Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is Jezebel as told in 1 & 2 Kings.  
> DQ: Real?

Yes.

Summary for J:

1. Real.

> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a Hebrew king noted for your leaping ability?
> 2. Did you chase Pixie and Dixie?
> 3. Did you write _Pilgrim’s Progress_?

No idea on 1; another DQ. For 2, I’m not Mr. Jinks; and for 3, I’m not John Bunyan.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/229 "2014-02-16T00:15:01Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> DQ1: Real?  
> DQ2: Male?  
> DQ3: Living?

Your 1 has been answered; take another DQ.

Summary for J:

1. Real.
2. Male.
3. Not living.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/230 "2014-02-16T00:22:43Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a Hebrew king noted for your leaping ability?
> 2. Did you chase Pixie and Dixie?
> 3. Did you write _Pilgrim’s Progress_?

> [@Spoons](#):
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> Yes.  
> No idea on 1; another DQ. For 2, I’m not Mr. Jinks; and for 3, I’m not John Bunyan.

No idea on #1? Great jumpin’ Jehoshaphat!

DQ: American?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/231 "2014-02-16T00:25:19Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write _Born Free_?
2. Are you married to Luke Cage?
3. Are you a teenage female figure skater who’s putting the Wow in the Olympics?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/232 "2014-02-16T00:25:30Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> No idea on #1? Great jumpin’ Jehoshaphat!

:smack:

> [@](#):
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> DQ: American?

Yes, American.

Summary for J:

1. Real.
2. Male.
3. Not living.
4. American.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/233 "2014-02-16T00:28:30Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _Born Free_?
> 2. Are you married to Luke Cage?
> 3. Are you a teenage female figure skater who’s putting the Wow in the Olympics?

For 1, I’m not Joy Adamson. Take DQs for 2 and 3.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/234 "2014-02-16T00:32:32Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _Born Free_?
> 2. Are you married to Luke Cage?
> 3. Are you a teenage female figure skater who’s putting the Wow in the Olympics?

> [@Spoons](#):
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> For 1, I’m not Joy Adamson. Take DQs for 2 and 3.

#2 is Jessica “Jewel” Jones.  
#3 is Julia Lipnitskaia.

DQs:

1. Last name starts with J?
2. In the Arts as we know and love them?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/235 "2014-02-16T00:35:38Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you originally based largely on Conrad Veidt’s portrayal in _The Man Who Laughs_?
2. Did your daughter star in _Dirty Dancing_?
3. Were you portrayed in cartoon form on a famous album cover by R. Crumb?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/236 "2014-02-16T00:38:33Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> DQs:
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> 1. Last name starts with J?
> 2. In the Arts as we know and love them?

Last name does not start with J.  
In the Arts.

Summary for J:

1. Real.
2. Male.
3. Not living.
4. American.
5. Last name does not start with J.
6. In the Arts.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/237 "2014-02-16T00:42:02Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you originally based largely on Conrad Veidt’s portrayal in _The Man Who Laughs_?
> 2. Did your daughter star in _Dirty Dancing_?
> 3. Were you portrayed in cartoon form on a famous album cover by R. Crumb?

No idea on 1; take a DQ.

For 2, I’m not Joel Grey; and for 3, I’m not Janis Joplin.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/238 "2014-02-16T00:42:49Z")

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DQ: From East of the Mississippi?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/239 "2014-02-16T00:43:03Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you originally based largely on Conrad Veidt’s portrayal in _The Man Who Laughs_?
> 2. Did your daughter star in _Dirty Dancing_?
> 3. Were you portrayed in cartoon form on a famous album cover by R. Crumb?

> [@Spoons](#):
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> No idea on 1; take a DQ.
> 
> For 2, I’m not Joel Grey; and for 3, I’m not Janis Joplin.

#1 was the Joker (from Detective Comics and Batman movies).

DQ: In the performing arts?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/240 "2014-02-16T00:45:26Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a VP who was drunk when he took the oath of office to succeed the President?
2. Do you have a dog named Zero?
3. Were you the man “who sounded the charge that took us safe to the rear”?

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